The Daily Numbers: 3 people arrested in a huge credit card and ID theft scam busted up by county detectives.
400 legitimate credit card numbers recovered in the Chester apartment being used by the suspects.
2,600 blank credit cards, 50 finished cards and 2,500 blank check documents seized.
600 dollar reward now being offered by the SPCA for information on who shot a cat with a BB gun.
230,000 embezzled from a medical firm by a Clifton Heights woman. She will begin serving 9 to 23 months in jail for the crime.
4 million dollars in state funds that needs to be released for a project to build the city of Chester’s first supermarket in years.
33, age of suspect being sought in connection with the sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman who he followed to her home from a Wal-Mart store in Montgomery County.
3,500 dollar reward being offered for information in a fatal hit-and-run that took the life of a pedestrian on Kelly Drive in Philadelphia last weekend.
120 million dollars up for grabs in the Saturday night Powerball drawing after no one hit the jackpot last night.
6 people now under arrest in that double-slaying at the upscale Piazza apartment complex in Northern Liberties. Police say they now have collared the suspected shooter.
15 to 20 bicycles seized in Norristown in what authorities are calling a bicycle chop shop.
10,000 people without power last night in the Poconos after a series of storms – including a reported tornado – roared through the region.
80,000 state workers who might be paid next week if the governor goes ahead and signs a stopgap spending bill.
2 death warrants signed by Gov. Ed Rendell yesterday.
5 percent increase in earnings reported by SAP, which has its North American HQ in Newtown Square.
7.8 percent drop in margins being reported by Pennsylvania general acute-care hospitals.
161 million dollar loss reported by Lincoln National Corp., the parent firm of Lincoln Financial, yep, the people whose name adorns the Eagles stadium.
0 runs scored by the Phils last night as they fell to the Diamondbacks.
6 losses in their last 25 games for the Phils.
2 runs surrendered by Phils’ starter J.A. Happ, whose name was bandied about in trade talks all week.
4 minor league players sent by the Phillies to the Indians for Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee.
7-9 with a 3.14 ERA this year for Lee. Last year he was 22-3.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Hat’s off to Ruben Amaro, who got a quality starting pitcher and did not have to part with any of the Phils’ top prospects to get it done.
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I Don’t Get It: They’re holding happy hour at the White House tonight.
They’ll be talking race relations. That’s not a bad thing, but shouldn’t they be talking about health care?
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Today’s Upper: Good news for beachgoers. A report out yesterday gave good grades on the condition of Jersey and Delaware shore resorts.
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Quote Box: “No apologies will be expected or conveyed.”
- Lawyer for Harvard professor Louis Gates, on tonight’s meeting at the White House with President Obama and Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley.